🖼️ Steno-Sorcery: Hiding Bytes in Plain Sight

by ByteBandit

You ever look at a JPEG and think, "Damn, I could fit a whole secret in there"? No? Just me?

Welcome to steganography — the shady art of slipping data into files like a ninja with a flash drive. Unlike encryption, which screams "I’m hiding something!" — steno is all about *playing it cool*.

Today’s target: images. Yep, that vacation selfie? Might be carrying more than sunburn and regret.

🧠 The Tricks of the Trade

• Metadata Mischief – Your average image’s EXIF metadata is just begging to be stuffed with strings. Drop a message in the GPS tag? Classic. Nobody checks those fields unless they're stalking their ex.
• LSB Infiltration – This is where it gets surgical. We tweak the Least Significant Bit of each pixel’s RGB values. Human eyes can’t spot it, but your decoder script sure can. That blue sky? It’s full of secrets.

👀 But Why Though?

Maybe you’re exfiltrating data past a firewall. Maybe you’re playing spy games. Maybe you just think it’s cool (it is). Steno isn’t just about hiding — it’s about flexing subtlety.

And remember: your average sysadmin will never suspect the innocent PNG you emailed them contains 3MB of classified memos… and maybe a meme.

Encrypt if you're scared. Steno if you're slick.
— ByteBandit 🧬🧪